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No season accentuates the difference between “religion” and “faith” more than Christmas. CEOs (Christmas-Easter Only) show up at church for the first time in months. Christian symbols are brought down from the attic and placed around the house and on the tree. Believers pick up the battle where they left off the year before at the first mention of “Happy Holidays” and “X-mas”. Christians find it tougher every Christmas to find a card with religious references.

We’ll continue with Part 2 of “Why the Election Should Spark Church Reform” next week. Given our discussion of the diminishing influence of Christianity in society, we felt compelled this week to share official declarations by arguably some of the greatest political leaders in our nation’s history about Thanksgiving.

Few school children are ever shown these proclamations for reasons you are about to see. If prayer is not allowed in public schools,

When I first started thinking of writing this post, I was assuming a Hillary Clinton victory, which in the eyes of most Christians likely would have brought with it at best a continuation of a less church-friendly environment, and at worst an acceleration of current trends. However, watching the aftermath of a surprising Trump win last Tuesday, I’m not so sure that another Clinton administration would have presented churches and Christians with a greater challenge than what confronts the Church today with Trump in office:

Last night, we watched the election results pour in and considered how the results would impact the state of our nation. No doubt this divisive presidential election and the split of the popular vote down the middle has heightened and highlighted our differences: conservatives versus liberals; Christians versus non-believers. That’s why Christians need to continue to #CastAnEternalVote even though the election is now over. In fact, demonstrating Jesus’ love to others and telling them who He is now becomes more important than ever.

Election Day is almost upon us. Before we vote for president, let’s #CastAnEternalVote – a simple act of service for someone in Jesus’ name that will have an impact lasting far longer than just the next four years.

That message has reached 700,000 people so far on social media. Tens of thousands have expressed their support for Vote for Eternity 20:16. What a blessing to see so many frustrated Christian voters encouraged by this initiative and inspired to #CastAnEternalVote!

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About Jim Morgan

For years I was on the “fast track” – management consulting for Fortune 500 companies, investment banking on Wall Street, legislative aid on Capitol Hill, and MBA from the nation’s top business school. But all along I knew something was off. As a Christian, I wasn’t doing anything to serve God and others. My prayers for a mission and purpose grew more and more frequent.

Then, in 2000, it came – and be careful what you pray for. The Lord showed me that the same solutions I was bringing to large corporations were badly needed by the body of Christ. There were significant communication gaps in cities across the country between those in need and those who could help. So we invested the next decade and millions bringing the first comprehensive solution from the business world to local missions - empowering churches to reach out to families desperately in need of help and hope.

Throughout that process, I wondered why the Church in America seemed to be struggling - in growth, impact and perception. Being a consultant, I couldn’t help but look closer – and what I discovered was shocking. The modern American church model doesn’t align with the most fundamental principle of successful organizations – nor Biblical mandates. There is a flawed assumption underlying nearly every decision churches make today and we believe it’s the root cause for the Church’s decline.

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Meet The Need's mission is to mobilize and equip the Church to lead millions more to Christ by following Jesus' example of meeting those in need exactly where they are.

About Meet The Need

Meet The Need's mission is to mobilize and equip the Church to lead millions more to Christ by following Jesus' example of meeting those in need exactly where they are.